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1602237

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Women: Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to support women’s equality in the workplace.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Ruth Jones
uin	903993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is determined to support women in the workplace. We are supporting several Private Members’ Bills which will improve their employment rights. These include Bills which will extend redundancy protections for pregnant women, give employees better access to flexible working and strengthen protections against sexual harassment.</p> answering member constituency Thirsk and Malton answering member printed Kevin Hollinrake question first answered 08/03/2023 12:38:44 answering member 4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake
tabling member	4716 label Biography information for Ruth Jones

1602238

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Disability: Customers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure companies make reasonable adjustments for customers with a disability.
tabling member constituency	Tiverton and Honiton
tabling member printed	Richard Foord
uin	903994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The Equality Act 2010 places a duty on businesses and service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve disabled people’s access to goods and services, so they are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled people. This reasonable adjustment duty is an anticipatory duty, meaning that those who provide goods, facilities and services to members of the public are expected to anticipate the reasonable adjustments that disabled customers may require, including auxiliary aids. The Equality and Human Rights Commission has produced guidance for service providers on reasonable adjustments and its Statutory Codes of Practice provide more detailed information on the legal responsibilities of service providers and employers to make such adjustments.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/03/2023 12:56:06 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4942 label Biography information for Richard Foord

1602239

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Epilepsy: Family Planning
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to support women with epilepsy to make informed family planning choices and have safe pregnancies.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	903995
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>Tighter restrictions continue to reduce the number of pregnancies exposed to sodium valproate and support women to make informed choices. The MHRA and Commission on Human Medicines (CHM) has announced it will introduce tighter restrictions to reduce pregnancies exposed to sodium valproate, including the recommendation for no new patients under 55 years of age to be prescribed valproate unless two specialists independently consider and document that no other medicine is effective or tolerated.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 08/03/2023 17:33:01 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

1602240

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Equality Act 2010
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to implement section 1 of the Equality Act 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wirral South
tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
uin	903996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to commence Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 in England. As merely a “due regard” duty, it requires no specific action from the public body concerned, and risks becoming a tick-box exercise, complied with to minimise the risk of litigation rather than to promote real change in society. The duty is also wrongly focussed on equalising socio-economic outcomes rather than opportunities. The Government’s preferred approach is to progress specific policies and practical actions that will deliver real change.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 08/03/2023 12:53:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1602241

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Men: Crimes of Violence and Domestic Abuse
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on ensuring sufficient focus on men and boys who are victims of sexual violence, domestic abuse and other forms of interpersonal violence.
tabling member constituency	Kettering
tabling member printed	Mr Philip Hollobone
uin	903997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2023 answer text <p>We recognise that men and boys can be victims of these crimes and are committed to providing them with the support they need. In March 2022 we published our supporting male victims policy document, which contains commitments to strengthen our response to male victims. This financial year, we are also providing up to £200,000 funding to Respect to help run the Men’s Advice Line, who supported over 10,000 calls last financial year.</p> answering member constituency Derbyshire Dales answering member printed Miss Sarah Dines question first answered 08/03/2023 12:40:35 answering member 4816 label Biography information for Miss Sarah Dines
tabling member	1537 label Biography information for Mr Philip Hollobone

1602350

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, whether the Government plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ban conversion therapies before the end of this Session.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	161401
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government will publish a draft Bill setting out our approach to banning conversion practices (also known as ‘conversion therapy’) for pre-legislative scrutiny by joint committee. This legislation will be sponsored by the Equality Hub, overseen by the Minister for Women and Equalities. It is the Government's intention to complete pre-legislative scrutiny in the current parliamentary session.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew grouped question UIN 161400 question first answered 16/03/2023 14:59:14 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1602536

registered interest
date	08/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Disability Unit: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, pursuant to the Answer of 07 March to Question 153886 on Disability Unit: Staff, what proportion of staff (a) did not declare their disability status and (b) declared that they would prefer not to say.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	161350
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2023 answer text <p>12% of staff in the Disability Unit did not declare their disability status (as at 28th February 2023).</p><p>We are unable to provide details of the proportion of staff who declared they would prefer not to disclose their disability status, because the small numbers involved could permit the identification of individuals.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 17/03/2023 12:30:29 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

1601455

registered interest
date	06/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Guide Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to help ensure that guide dog owners are not refused access to (a) shops, (b) other businesses and (c) taxis.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	159060
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>No one should be refused access to businesses or services because they use a guide or other assistance dog.</p><p>Under the Equality Act 2010 (the Act), businesses and public bodies that provide goods and services to the public must not unlawfully discriminate against disabled people, including those with assistance dogs. The Act places a duty on service providers to make reasonable adjustments to improve access to premises, buildings and services. This could include allowing the use of assistance dogs so that disabled customers have the same access to goods and services and are not placed at a substantial disadvantage compared to non-disabled customers. Taxi and private hire drivers have a specific duty under the Act to carry guide dogs and assistance dogs at no extra cost to the passenger.</p><p>The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) has published guidance for all businesses, including service providers, on this subject. The guidance explains that assistance dogs should be treated as auxiliary aids and not as pets. The guidance is available at: <a href="https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/assistance-dogs-a-guide-for-all-businesses.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/sites/default/files/assistance-dogs-a-guide-for-all-businesses.pdf</a> and makes clear that businesses and service providers should allow assistance dogs access to buildings where dogs would normally not be permitted whenever this is reasonable.</p><p>Anybody who thinks that they have been discriminated against in the services offered to them - including where access to an assistance dog has been refused - can take legal action to resolve the issue. Before doing so, they might first find it useful to contact the Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS) which provides free bespoke advice and in-depth support to individuals with discrimination concerns via their website - http://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/, or by telephone on 0808 800 0082 or by text phone on 0808 800 0084.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/03/2023 17:15:05 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1601197

registered interest
date	03/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Guide Dogs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, if she will meet Guide Dogs UK to discuss improving access to local businesses for guide dog owners.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	157683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2023 answer text <p>Under the Equality Act 2010 it is the legal responsibility of businesses, whether as employers or providers of services, to ensure that guide dog owners can access their premises and services where reasonable to do so. This “reasonable adjustments” duty is anticipatory in the provision of services, meaning that businesses should expect that a proportion of their customers will be, for example, visually impaired and put in place measures to accommodate this, before being asked to do so.</p><p>If Guide Dogs UK wishes for a meeting, my officials would be happy to accommodate this. However with respect to how the law operates, it is important to be clear that the onus is on businesses to know their responsibilities and a range of guidance and codes of practice is available on this. Where things go wrong, enforcement will fall to the person who considers that they have experienced unlawful discrimination, or a person acting on their behalf.</p><p>Before considering any legal action, a disabled person who may have been personally discriminated against because of a disability may contact The Equality Advisory and Support Service (EASS), the government helpline established to provide free bespoke advice and in-depth support to individuals with discrimination concerns. The EASS can be contacted via their website - http://www.equalityadvisoryservice.com/, by telephone on 0808 8000082 or text phone on 0808 8000084. The EASS has the ability to intervene on an individual’s behalf with a service provider to help resolve an issue. The EASS can also advise people who wish to take their complaint further on their options.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 14/03/2023 17:12:13 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1600252

registered interest
date	01/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	Conversion Therapy
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when the Government will begin pre-legislative scrutiny for the proposed ban on conversion therapy.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
uin	156303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government will publish a draft Bill setting out our approach to banning conversion practices (also known as ‘conversion therapy’) which will go for pre-legislative scrutiny by joint committee in this parliamentary session.</p> answering member constituency Pudsey answering member printed Stuart Andrew question first answered 06/03/2023 17:54:10 answering member 4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew
tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns